Ch. 182 - The Case of Murder and Robbery in Chengwen Gate [Part 3]
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Sun Shaozong led Jia Yucun to the corpse, pointed at the two long white legs exposed under her robe, and said, "Although this dress can keep out the cold if you only wear it to meet foreigners, don't you think it's too licentious?"
"You mean..."
Jia Yucun suddenly said, "The murderer is very close to this woman!"
"That's right."
Sun Shaozong went to the bathtub again, pointed to the tea table in the corner, and said, "Please look here. According to my measurements, the deceased was about four feet eight inches [153.6 cm] tall, and her arm was about one foot nine [60.8 cm] long."
"Therefore, when the deceased takes a bath, soap, perfume, and other objects should not be more than one foot eight inches [57.6 cm] at the farthest, otherwise it will be inconvenient to use them."
"Especially in this early winter season, it may be possible to lean forward to get them, but no one should deliberately suffer from the cold and be placed in places that are not convenient for use!"
"At present, however, the washing utensils on the tea table are all concentrated at about two feet [64 cm]."
"Considering the angle of the mini table and the disorder of the washing utensils, it can be concluded that a person with an arm length of about two feet and two inches [70.4 cm] lying on his back at the edge of the tub placed the used washing utensils at random."
"From this point of view, it was obvious that the last time the bath bucket was used was not by the deceased herself, but by another person who was very close to her."
"I had also carefully observed that General Jia's height is slightly higher than that of the dead, but the length of his arms is almost the same. There is still a certain distance between him and the dead."
"In addition, General Jia did ”good things” with the deceased yesterday, so it was unlikely that he would bathe in the house of the deceased before that."
Although it wasn't the first time listening to Sun Shaozong's reasoning, Jia Yucun still couldn’t help admiring it.
Seeing that Sun Shaozong's inference had come to an end for the time being, he immediately concluded, "In this way, this woman might have already been in love with an adulterer. Yesterday, the adulterer came to meet privately and happened to meet Uncle here. He became angry with embarrassment and killed her and took the money away, but also intended to blame my Uncle!"
He then asked with hope, "Besides, do you have any other clues? After all, Uncle has a special identity. If the case goes on for a long time, I'm afraid there will be rumors against you and me."
The relationship between the Sun family and Rongguo Mansion was known by many people in the capital, and the relationship between Jia Yucun and Jia She, just based on their family names, the public could come out with reasons such as playing favoritism and committing irregularities!
Because of this, Jia Yucun was so anxious and pulled Sun Shaozong to solve the case.
Hearing him ask if there were any other clues, Sun Shaozong just smiled blandly and shook his head. "No other clues are needed."
"No other clues are needed?" Jia Yucun was shocked. "What does this mean?"
Sun Shaozong put his hands together and said, "Even in the north, women who are more than five feet and three inches [169.6 cm] tall are not common, are they? Just ask the neighbors, and you will soon have results."
"Women... Women?!"
Jia Yucun was shocked. "Isn't he a traitor?!"
"Haha, Your Excellency is good at joking."
Sun Shaozong laughed and said, "First of all, there are some things that only women use in their toiletries."
"Last night, if you were this woman in the house and a man was lying beside you on the bed, would you have been disheveled and gone over to open the door so that you would bring the adulterer into the house?"
"Unless she had the idea of killing for money!"
"But General Jia is not an ordinary man. If the murderer really wants to kill him, I'm afraid there will be no place for this woman to stand!"
"Therefore, the most reasonable explanation at present is that a woman who is very close to him came to visit, even if General Jia saw it, it would not cause misunderstanding, so the deceased was generous and introduced this person into the house."
As he said this, he pointed to the bathtub again and said, "There aren't many good friends who can bathe in each other's house and be introduced to the adulterer at midnight. So it's not too much to speculate that they are the same person."
Jia Yucun hesitantly said, "How did you know the height of the murderer?"
Sun Shaozong spread out his arms and explained using the popularization of science, saying, "The average person's arm stretching distance is basically close to or slightly shorter than their height. One arm is two feet two, and two arms are four feet four [140.8 cm]. The shoulder width of an adult woman is about one foot one inch [35.2 cm], and the total is five feet five inches [176 cm]."
"Considering the possible errors, the height of the killer is between five feet three inches [169.6 cm] and five feet seven inches [182.4 cm]. Even if the shortest five feet three inches is used, it is not common among women!"
When Jia Yucun heard this, he was convinced. He quickly ordered Zhao Wuwei to say, "Did you hear what Lord Sun said? Don't you hurry and investigate..."
"No need!"
Before he finished speaking, Jia She opened the curtain and walked in, gritting his teeth. "I have seen that little whore several times. She is the daughter of an escort from the nearby Shunfeng Escort Agency. She is very tall. I was going to let Huiniang call her and let me have a taste. Unexpectedly, this little whore did such things!"
As he spoke, he looked at the face of Huiniang, who looked like his daughter-in-law and was full of regret.
This Huiniang was the best substitute, except that she was shorter than Wang Xifeng. It was a pity
Jia Yucun had also seen Wang Xifeng before. Seeing this, he understood immediately, but he was the Prefectural Magistrate, he couldn’t let it look like he wasn’t doing anything, so he ordered, "What are you people still doing here? Go to Shunfeng Escort Agency to arrest the murderer!"
Without waiting for permission, he added, "If the suspect is willing to plead guilty on the spot, be sure to take her to the people at the entrance of the alley to prove General Jia's innocence!"
"Yes, Lord!"
Zhou Da and Zhao Wuwei answered in a hurry, turned, and hurried out of the room.
Just a few steps out in the yard, he heard Jia She yelling behind them, "The most important thing is the seven thousand taels of silver. If there is one or two less, I will charge it to both of you!"
"Don't worry, Master. We will do our best!"
Zhou Da and the others turned back. They answered with servility, and they were able to escape.
But Jia She was still regretting Huiniang just now. He cried out when they went out. However, he suddenly remembered, since Huiniang died, didn’t it mean that he slept for free all night with the 1000 taels of silver that he had promised her?
With this thought, Jia She smiled again and thought about how to spend the 1000 silver tales he had saved so that he could live up to the "good thing!"